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First corporate sponsorship for Padma Shri Girisha Hosanagara

February 20, 2013

High-jumper Padma Shri awardee Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda who bagged silver medal in London paralympics has become brand ambassador of nutrition company Herbalife.

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Asoke Kumar Mukerji – The next Permanent Representative of India to the UN

February 20, 2013

Asoke Kumar Mukerji, currently Special Secretary at headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York.

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Golden Bear to ‘Child’s Pose’: Berlinale

February 20, 2013

Child’s Pose (Poziţia Copilului) by Romanian director Călin Peter Netzer was awarded the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. The Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) went to ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’ by ..

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American philosopher and law expert Ronald Dworkin passed away

February 20, 2013

American philosopher and constitutional law scholar Ronald Dworkin (81), who debated that the law should be founded on moral integrity, has passed away. He was widely known and one of the most quoted legal scholars in the U.S. and also ..

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Mohan Parasaran is new Solicitor General of India

February 16, 2013

Mohan Parasaran has been appointed as the new Solicitor General of India following the resignation of senior advocate Rohinton Nariman from the post. Mr Parasaran, who is currently the Additional Solicitor General, is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court. ..

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CBI takes off 2G prosecutor for leaking strategy

February 16, 2013

The CBI has removed its prosecutor A.K. Singh in the 2G spectrum scam case for allegedly sharing the agency’s trial strategy with an accused in the case reportedly identified as Unitech managing director Sanjay Chandra. It was revealed from a ..

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Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty appointed as new chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi

February 16, 2013

Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty , a 1970 batch retired IAS officer has been appointed as the new chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi. The appointment was cleared by the President Pranab Mukherjee. Chakravarty had been the member-secretary of Indira Gandhi National Centre ..

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Fact Box: ‘Operation Three Star’

February 15, 2013

‘Operation Three Star’ was the code name of the top secret execution plan in which Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was sent to gallows in the high-security Tihar Jail on February 9, 2013. Afzal Guru was found guilty of conspiring ..

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Pope Benedict XVI to renounce as the head of the Catholic Church

February 15, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he would resign at the end of this month after as the head of the Catholic Church citing old age and poor health to continue. It is the first papal resignation in nearly 600 ..

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Prime Minister of Bhutan visited India

February 15, 2013

Prime Minister of Bhutan, Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley made a home visit to India. His visit was aimed at improving India-Bhutan bilateral ties.

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